Texas BBQ Week features local joints, specials

Several are Houston-area barbecue joints will be featured in Texas Monthly’s first ever Texas Barbecue Week from July 15-19. The event spotlights more than 50 of the state’s best barbecue restaurants as recently compiled in Texas Monthly’s June 2013 issue.

The participating restaurant include the Ray’s BBQ Shack, Virgie’s, Brooks Place in Cypress, CorkScrew in the Woodlands and Galveston’s Leon’s World’s Finest.

Each participating restaurant will offer a special barbecue plate during the five-day event. A portion of each plate purchased will benefit the non-profit Foodways Texas.
Here are the specials for Houston-area restaurants: